Chinese General Confers with Gunboat Commander Peking Apr. 13.
Tt will be recalled that it_ was reported on April 10 that the troops who fired on' the Yangtze. Rapids Steamship Company's s. Iping five les above Tehang tured out to be Nationalist eddiers.
Some trouble has since arisen over the incident as the Chinese authorities claimed: that the Amer: joun guards on the steamer wore the firat fo Bre and that they wounded 25. Chinese soldiers on the river banks. "They therefore, formulated a number of demands, including an apology, indemnity and so forth. On the Amuriean side it was contended that the guard followed their usual instructions not to fire unless first fired aren, Finally General Kuo at Ichang had an interview with the command dant of the United States gunboat Tutuila and though they both, held to their point of view the. inter= view was of a very friendly descrip tion. "The General finally agreed to fet the matter drop until after the [Comminist suppression campaign, the incident is generally regarded as closed~—Reuter.
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